Railroad-tie.



- G. WVSMITH;

RAILROAD. TIE.

I APPLICATION TILED JI'ULY 3, 1911. 1,006,695, Patented 001;.24. 1911 PIE l /0 a make and use the same.

- connection with railroad tracks; and it con- UNITED sTA'rEs PATENTOFFIQE.

CHARLES W. SMITH, OF NORTH .BALTIMURE, OHIO.

. RAILROAD-TIE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 24:, 1911-.

Application filed July 3, 1911. Serial No. 636,765.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLns WV. SMITH,

a citizen of the United States, residing at North Balt1more, in thecounty of W odd and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Railroad- Ties; and I do hereby declare the followingto'be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such aswill enable. others skilled in the art to which it appertains to Thisinvention relates to ties for use in sists in the novel Construction andcombination'of' the parts hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure l is a side view of a tie constructed accordingto this invention, Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section through the tie.Fig. 3 1s a cross-section through the tie.' a

-A is a trough-shaped bar of thin sheet metal, the bottom. 2 of whichrests on the ground. Two trough-shaped brackets 3 arearranged inside thebar A in a relatively inverted position, and their flat topst arearranged below the tops of the flanges of the said bar. The brackets 3are secured to the flanges of the bar A by rivets 5.

Buffer-blocks 6 of hard wood or other relatively soft material arearranged on top of the brackets 3, and the tops of these blocksproject-above the level of the tops is arranged onthe bufler blocks 6,and 10 are bolts which pass through holes in the blocks 6, bar 7 andthrough retaining washer-plates 8. These washer-plates 8 have notches 9which engage with the flanges of the track rails. The bolts 8 areinserted from below, and operate to secure the track rails to the bar 7and the butterblocks. The buffer-blocks (leaden the jar of a trainpassing over the track rails, said rails being held clear of the flangesof the' bar A' by the buffer-blocks.

This tie is manufactured at a small cost and is practicallyindestructible.

What I claim is:

A railroad tie, comprising a troughshaped metallic bar, trough-shapedbrackets secured to the flanges of the said bar in a relatively inverted7 position bufi'er-blocks resting on the tops of the brackets andprojecting above the flanges of the bar. a flat of the flanges, ofthe'bar A. A flat-bar 7

